I went with

[Rodney Bledsoe]

the Maxxis tires. Little cheaper than Goodyears, I read a lot of on the trailer forum and nobody had anything bad to say about them.
Sounds like the biggest enemy to trailer tires is air pressure, so why did mine separate. I did a good job keeping 55 psi in them?

[Edward]

Glad to hear that you got your tire issue taken care of.

[Hydrilla Gorilla]

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I believe the air pressure comment is a factual statement, but the way that I understand it, high or low pressure causes the tire to wear unevenly resulting in bald spots, etc. I would believe the tire separating would be a manufacturing defect of some sort. Hell, just a guess. My biggest enemy has been a nail in the sidewall

[War Eagle1]

i think you just wanted to see me work at changing your tire and also watch my reaction as i bobbed and weaved to miss the pieces flying at my truck. i did catch one piece in the bed of my truck

[R.D.]

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as I stated B4.....I dont have any 1st hand experience with them but they have sounded as if they have been a good tire for guys


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and there might lie the problem.....most ST rated tires are ranged for 50psi......inflating to as little as 5psi over may have cause high center wear and allowed the 1st cross layer cords to be exposed....sometimes they can go undetected for months until something happens......I am just glad you didnt have any more problems that a tire seperating.........your may have actuallt been rated for 55psi....I dont know.....but I have seen more trialer tires (esp on horse & load trailers) come apart due to improper inflation........esp when you go ask them what PSI they are runnign and they tell you something its not even rated for.........had one guy on a Tracker Loader running 80psi in a 65psi loaded XD tire on a trialer and wonders WHY it blew out on him at 80mph on interstate carring a Tractor that was 800lbs heavire than what the overall trailer weight was even rated for.....I am supprised the Stateies didnt get him for jumpin Stations

[ReelDoc]

Here's a quote from a Goodyear letter on Marathons http://www.goodyear.com/rv/pdf...6.pdf .

"Based on industry standards, if tires with the ST designation are used at speeds between 66 and 75 mph, it is necessary to increase the cold inflation pressure by 10 psi above the recommended pressure for the load."

[R.D.]

dont forget this either then

o Do not exceed the maximum pressure for the wheel.
o If the maximum pressure for the wheel prohibits the increase of air pressure, then the
maximum speed must be restricted to 65 mph.
o The cold inflation pressure must not exceed 10 psi beyond the inflation specified for the
maximum load of the tire.


I do not argue that they can hold more psi......what I argue is that the TIRE manufacturer's do not know what the "consumer" is going to be doing, driving, loading with an ST tire......all they can do is what they recommend.


again......Goodyear is not the only company out there with reg's on there tires......but it seems to me that there are a lot of them that have a restriction to 65MPH on most application........We all know that most of us are NOT going to drive 65mph in most cases........and if a sign says 70 or 75 mph....we will go that fast most times.


BTW......I dont know what the scientific evidence is with inflating an ST tire 10psi more than what is recommended on the sidewall of the tire. it will NOT carry any more load than what the tire is actually rated for.....and going faster than 65mph and running 10psi more will only make it worse.....WHY?........due to the fact that the average tire will increase in temp throughout a driving.....thsu for every 10 degree's increase in temp......you will get a 1-2psi increase in tire pressure.........so if you go 10psi over....and a tire is 20* over.....it now has 12-14 psi more than what the sidewall of that tire is rated for.................Result.......Catastrophic failure